Season 2 – Sacred Games

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Maajed W @RT89474532 08/21/2023 Season 2 is more of an anticlimax to the superbly brilliant season 1. The storyline/plot meanders into implausible, almost bizarre territory and the characters don't get a chance to define the show which in my opinion is exactly different to the 1st season. The previous season was superbly crafted, the story followed a good arc, the humor was witty and all the characters got ample amount of time (with the help of excellent direction) to define and make themselves very relatable to the audience. The second season is a bad attempt at closure and is marred by haphazard plots and weak character arcs. It's hard to make sense of everything. See more tarek a @tarekali 01/14/2022 A raw, gripping crime drama in the best tradition of Godfather and Goodfellas. Laced with ambition and cruelty, this series shows an unvarnished underbelly of the criminal and religious organizations, one that grows through sheer determination and grit from the slums of the megacity. Nawazzudin is our Brando, he alone holds up this series like a weary, wiry Atlas, the weight of the dark underworld on his thin shoulders. He is a truly unforgettable character, seizing every scene with his audio or visual presence, combining so many complex traits into a singular character - filthy guttural language fit for the slums, noble-minded patriotism and vision for the nation, fierce loyalty to kith and kin, harsh brutality and fatality to traitorous scum. I watched this series for him, the rest were decorations. In these sacred games of melding politics and religion, one sees the standard template used by all dictators and autocrats today, in all types of nations both developed and developing. Manipulating the masses to slit each other's throats is the oldest game of all. The series gives a much-needed insight into the Everest-sized mountains of bullshit that new age gurus preach around the world. It is fascinating to hear the glib, golden words slip from a so-called holy man's tongue while at the same time espousing heinous crimes against humanity and indulging in perversions. In this age of lost souls, it is very easy to see how millions can fall sway to these mass brainwashing religion manipulators. However at the end of the day, their sacred vessels fail them and they taste of death, leaving a poisoned chalice behind for their followers to drink from. Pankaj Tripathi gives a master class in the role of the diabolic guru, just spectacular. On the ground level, it is quite sad to see brave souls fall victim to their carelessness and over-confidence. In the cutthroat ambition of outdoing your peers, no one can rely on their companions, and end up taking unnecessary risks of life and limb. The prevalence of meaningless killing is typical of such series, but the proliferation of meaningless suicide is even more alarming. Large characters are reduced to blithering, diminished fools with their needless sacrifices, which seems to be a running theme. I appreciate a cliffhanger as much as the next person, but the ending of this series left me with frustration and a lack of closure. This 16 episode arc covered many questions or morality, with each character vacillating between hero and villain, a final lesson was required. Like the fake guru claims, things cannot mean something and nothing simultaneously, there has to be a message or meaning to the journey. See more Cath D @KatyDee 10/26/2021 omg. i watched two full seasons of this. and the end of the final episode is an actual joke. what a waste of my investment See more 08/22/2020 Felt lost the entire season with no clue of what's happening.. Pathetic storyline, direction, acting.. Nothing about the show is intriguing. What a waste of 8 hours !! See more l g @bearcrkrd 06/26/2020 filmed in Hindi, dubbed in English. watching on Netflix, so i turned on closed captioning. very very interesting translation of the dubbing to CC. added a sweetness that wasn't there with just the english dubbing. based on this series, and not knowing Bollywood, i would have thought Nawazuddin Siddiqui was the biggest star. Saif Ali Khan was also excellent as the co-lead. multiple characters were done well. a pleasure to watch. See more 01/24/2020 this is one of the greatest epic beyond all the gangster epics with a perfect blend of philosophy with phenomenal writing and beautiful score. See more Read all reviews

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